Any person who shall be adjudged in contempt of the Superior Court by reason of his disobedience to a judgment, order or process of the court, shall, where the contempt is primarily civil in nature and before he is discharged therefrom, pay to the clerk of the court, for every such contempt, a sum not exceeding $50 as a fine, to be imposed by the court, together with the costs incurred.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:10-5
Civil contempt; punishment
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Smith & Wesson Brands Inc v. Attorney General New Jersey (2022)
Most recently applied in Smith & Wesson Brands Inc v. Attorney General New Jersey (March 2022)
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.26.
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